Month: October 2009
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Nowism
Trendwatching.com came up with an interesting concept of nowism. Nowism is a change in the state of mind of young consumers. It is a move away from certain product categories and rites of passage into adulthood. Definition Trendwatching describes it as: “Consumers’ ingrained* lust for instant gratification is being satisfied by a host of novel,…
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Google Wave
The office that I work in has been abuzz about Google Wave and Becky has been gently badgering me to air my thoughts on it. I have been reluctant to give a definitive judgement on it, as I believe that like Twitter; it’s true utility may not become apparent until there are a critical amount…
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The Playful World by Mark Pesce
The Playful World was written by Mark Pesce. Pesce was an early pioneer of the web. He was instrumental in bringing a 3d interface to the web through a standard called VRML. This was an early attempt to provide the kind of immersive ‘matrix’ experience envisaged by the likes of William Gibson and Neal Stephenson…
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New approach to China + more
New approach to China Official Google Blog: A new approach to China – According to Google, IP theft from Google and Gmail being hacked prompted a new approach to China. That’s very reasonable on the face of it, especially given that the IP theft also affected several other companies as well. However Google is uniquely…